“Germany’s Hillary” Merkel Suffers HUMILIATING DEFEAT as Her “Open Borders” Party is CRUSHED in German Elections
Angela Merkel’s ruling CDU party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in elections in a north-eastern German state.
The Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party took just under 21% of the vote behind the centre-left SPD’s 30%.
The German chancellor’s CDU was backed by only 19% of voters, its worst ever result in the state.
The vote was seen as a key test before German parliamentary elections in 2017.
Before the vote in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, in the former East Germany, all of Germany’s other parties ruled out forming a governing coalition with the AfD. But the party, formed only three years ago, is already represented in nine of Germany’s 16 state parliaments.
This is humiliating for Angela Merkel – not least because this was on home turf. Mrs Merkel’s constituency is in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.
This election – which was seen as a significant test ahead of next year’s general election – was all about her refugee policy. For a year she’s insisted ‘Wir schaffen es’ (we can do it) but German voters aren’t convinced.
Alternative fuer Deutschland’s anti immigrant and increasingly strident anti-Islam message has a powerful appeal to people concerned about integration and worried about domestic security.
It doesn’t look good for Mrs Merkel. Her approval ratings are at a five-year low.
Under her leadership, Germany has been taking in large numbers of refugees and migrants – 1.1 million last year – and anti-immigrant feeling has increased.
The AfD, initially an anti-euro party, has enjoyed a rapid rise as the party of choice for voters dismayed by Mrs Merkel’s policy.
On Sunday night, CDU candidate Lorenz Caffier said: “There was only one subject during the campaign, and that subject was the refugee policy. The refugee question was decisive.” The conservative politician ruled out a resignation and said he hoped his party would be able to continue to form the state’s coalition government.
Peter Tauber, the CDU’s general secretary, described the outcome as “a bitter result, a new experience”. “We are all responsible for this,” Tauber said. “It was noticeable that the refugee subject was very present. Of course many people are looking at Angela Merkel.”
H/T – BBC
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Trump ASAP
yup. Arrogance toward your citizens usually leads to defeat at the polls.
That is going to happen in America to we are tired of their lies shoving these radical Muslims on us
I have an idea – why don’t we stop the freaking wars and then there won’t be a refugee problem – Hey Germany either you want Peace and no refugee problem OR you want cheap, non-Russian gas to heat your homes stolen from under Syrian land and along with it you will get refugees – which is it? YOU CAN”T HAVE BOTH – NO REFUGEES AND CHEAP NON, RUSSIAN GAS STOLEN FROM SYRIA!
Germany is not at war……ignorant libtard.
Stop FREAKING LUNATIC ISLAM.
No, Lora is making a valid point! The conflict in Syria is about two competing pipeline projects (what, you thought the msm was telling us the truth about this?). Western Europe has been complicit . Still doesn’t mean they have to take in refugees. I’d darn well find another solution that doesn’t put them in my country sucking off off my social services.
Germany is Not at war! Syria is in a civil war, which means Syrians fighting Syrians and daesh is slaughtering Christians and other minorities in appalling was. Educate yourself before you go off ranting.
Lora, what is your IQ? How did Germany steal land from Syria? Which planet do you live on? Germany didn’t ever start war in the ME. You are clearly insane.
they will send them all here Im sure. And Killary will make us take them, house them, feed them, give them $$, while Veterans wait for medical care and earned benefits.
hillary and merkel…they even look alike…dowdy dumpy frauleins! VOTE TRUMP …WE DON’T WANT THIS. MERKEL SAYS SHE IT ISN’T COSTING THE GERMAN PEOPLE ANYTHING, WHERE IS THE MONEY TO FEED, CLOTHE AND HOUSE THEM COMING FROM THEN? merkel has been lying to her people just like obama lies to us and not letting the violence and rapes and assaults and murders by these refugees be disclosed. apparently she controls her media like obama controls ours.